Shawna Caspi releases fourth studio album, Forest Fire, today Official CD Release Shows in and Ottawa in November Tour dates throughout the USA and this fall

“Shawna taps into her Canadian folk roots to share songs with beauty, humor and a keen eye for the world around her. Add to the fact that she is a classically trained guitarist with a stunning voice, and you have an artist that is destined to be an important artist on the folk circuit.” – Ron Olesko, Sing Out! Magazine

(Friday, September 1 - Toronto ON) Toronto-based singer-songwriter Shawna Caspi released her fourth studio album Forest Fire today. Engineered and produced by Don Kerr (, Bahamas, ), the album is complete with Shawna’s remarkable lyrical fingerpicking guitar style, elegant arrangements and powerful messaging in which Shawna strives to be unafraid, to embolden quieted voices and to tell the truth above all else.

Forest Fire is a collection of songs about burning things down and building them up again, drawing listeners into the depths of haunting, atmospheric tracks, then lifting them out with airy, bluegrass instrumentation and hopeful narratives for brighter days. It’s dark granite stone with a shot of glimmering quartz through the middle. When the words get heavy, they are held up to the light of love, grace, and gratitude. The album features a compelling mix of instrumentalists including Rosalyn Dennett (fiddle, background vocals), Don Kerr (drums, background vocals, cello), Dave Matheson (piano, organ), Joel Schwartz (electric guitar, baritone guitar, rhythm acoustic guitar, mandolin, resonator, tenor banjo), Ben Whiteley (double bass) and Alyssa Wright (cello).

“It’s an album about cycles, about playing the long game,” says Caspi. “That’s why it’s called Forest Fire – something that seems huge and devastating when it happens, but in the relative vastness of space and time, it’s just one small moment on a much grander scale, a necessary catastrophe that leads to new growth.” Forest Fire features Shawna’s paintings on the front and back cover and throughout the album artwork design.

Shawna performs solo, but there's a whole band under her fingertips. A mighty singer, a story sculptor, and a truth teller, she has toured across Canada and the United States and believes in poetry and the power of one person and one instrument. Shawna’s vocals are brewed by years of classical training followed by years on the road finding her own voice singing folk songs. She combines power, intensity, character, and closeness. Her performances capture audiences with grace and intimacy whether the setting is a living room, a festival stage, or the bar car of a passenger train.

In support of Forest Fire, Shawna will be touring throughout the United States and Canada beginning in September.

Forest Fire Track List:

1. Love in a Moving Van (3:42) 2. Devil’s Rolling Pin (3:14) 3. Brave Parade (by Lynn Miles) (3:21) 4. Never Enough (3:07) 5. Oleaster (3:59) 6. Numbers Game (3:28) 7. Take This Mountain (3:58) 8. Tennessee Waltz (by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King) (3:35) 9. The Love I Know (5:26)

Forest Fire Tour Dates: More dates to be announced soon

September 3 Dominion Hotel Minden, ON September 13 Epicure Café Fairfax, VA September 15 Harmony House Concerts Yarmouth Port, MA September 16 Earth Room Concerts Lincroft, NJ September 17 Positano Ristorante Italiano Bethesda, MD September 28 WICN Performance Studio Worcester, MA September 29 me&thee coffeehouse Marblehead, MA September 30 Funk ‘n Waffles Syracuse, NY October 3 Bear’s Place Bloomington, IN October 6 House concert Grosse Pointe, MI October 7 Keys, Strings & Other Things Danville, IN October 8 Musical Hospitality Coffeehouse, Kewanee, IL Boss Community Centre October 13 House concert Courtenay, BC October 19-22 Folk Alliance Region Midwest Conference Iowa City, IA *Official showcase artist October 27 CrossCurrents Café Bolton, ON November 9-12 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference Stamford, CT *Official showcase artist November 16 Burdock Music Hall Toronto, ON *CD Release Show November 18 The Living Room Markham, ON November 19 Silence Guelph, ON November 24 allsaints Ottawa Ottawa, ON *Hometown CD Release

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